Kyiv law enforcers have exposed the illegal operations of the "center for minimizing customs payments" with the participation of Chinese citizens aimed at facilitating tax evasion by a number of companies, according to the Kyiv Prosecutor's Office press service.

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It was established that a group of persons involving Chinese citizens in 2016-2017 imported goods (textiles, shoes, etc.) totaling UAH 50.3 million (US$1.9 million) into the customs territory of Ukraine supplied by the involved non-resident Chinese companies. Then the documents were drawn to mislead fiscal authorities, showing that the imported goods were to be sold to fictitious enterprises.

"A total of 385 seals and stamps of business entities with signs of 'fictitiousness' and those of non-resident companies, cash (over UAH 9 million, about $200,000, and almost EUR 23,000), ledgers, electronic data carriers, cellphones, banking cards, financial and business papers, computer hardware and other equipment. Special means, such as handcuffs and a PR-73 rubber truncheon, were also revealed and seized during the authorized raids," the Prosecutor's Office said.